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Divided Attention: Driving and Talking Channel: ResearchChannel Length: 274 Date: February 12, 2009 Can we really multitask? A recent brain study by Johns Hopkins University researchers suggests the answer is no. Professor Steven Yantis explains...

Innovations in Teaching Channel: ResearchChannel Length: 1800 Date: February 12, 2009 A group of undergraduate engineering students show-off a teaching kit that they have created to help instruct high school students in the area of g...

Computational Sciences: The Third Pillar of the Empirical Sciences Channel: ResearchChannel Length: 3445 Date: February 12, 2009 Computational Sciences have had a major impact in the way we gather and produce knowledge in all the realms of the empirical sciences, from astrop...

Can the Mind Just Be A Machine? Channel: ResearchChannel Length: 3479 Date: February 12, 2009 Discoveries in neurobiology affect our view of the mind. We understand the neural signaling systems that underlie our processing of vision and the ...

Bio-Terrorism Channel: ResearchChannel Length: 2180 Date: February 12, 2009 Thirty years after the banning of biological weapons, five Americans have died from a domestic bio-terrorism attack. Ken Alibek, one of the top fo...

A Vision for Human Evolution Into Space Channel: ResearchChannel Length: 1710 Date: February 12, 2009 Operational meteorology began a major growth phase as commercial aviation boomed in the 1930s in the aftermath of Lucky Lindburgh’s transatlantic a...

How Does Basic Science Defend America? Channel: ResearchChannel Length: 1622 Date: February 12, 2009 Science has always been divided between basic science, which may or may not have application to the world we live in and applied science, which di...

From Rocks for Jocks to Physics for Poets: What Good is Science Education? Channel: ResearchChannel Length: 2478 Date: February 12, 2009 Science information affects every part of our lives from the cars we drive to the foods we eat to the music we listen to. Improvements and innovati...

From Rocks for Jocks to Physics for Poets: What Good is Science Education? Channel: ResearchChannel Length: 2478 Date: February 12, 2009 Science information affects every part of our lives from the cars we drive to the foods we eat to the music we listen to. Improvements and innovati...

Expedition to the Underwater Volcanoes of the Northeast Pacific: Life at the Extreme Channel: ResearchChannel Length: 3517 Date: February 12, 2009 One of the most profound oceanic discoveries in the past 20 years is the dense and diverse biological communities, thriving in the absence of sunl...

Complexity in Fire Ecology: The Case of the Biscuit Fire Channel: ResearchChannel Length: 3510 Date: February 12, 2009 The Biscuit Fire, located in southern Oregon and northern California, began on July 13, 2002 and reached 499,965 acres. Estimated to be one of Or...

Distinguished Faculty Lecture: Robert Bodnar Channel: ResearchChannel Length: 1438 Date: February 12, 2009 Virginia Tech University Distinguished Professor of Geological Sciences Robert Bodnar discusses Virginia Tech’s efforts to build a 'Deep U...

Can Science Seek the Soul? (113) Channel: ResearchChannel Length: 1626 Date: February 12, 2009 Belief in the existence of the 'spiritual essence' of an immortal soul has infused human thought and history.  St...

Expedition to the Underwater Volcanoes of the Northeast Pacific: Global Access Channel: ResearchChannel Length: 5271 Date: February 12, 2009 Join in the discovery of submarine volcanic systems, where brilliantly-colored organisms cluster around hot, volcanic vents in the earth’s crust, ...

From Mad Cows to "Psi-chotic" Yeast Channel: ResearchChannel Length: 3009 Date: February 12, 2009 What do "mad cows", people with neurodegenerative diseases and an unusual type of inheritance in yeast have in common? They are all experiencing ...

Distinguished Faculty Lecture: James McGrath Channel: ResearchChannel Length: 1614 Date: February 12, 2009 Distinguished Chemistry Professor James McGrath talks about 'Advanced Materials for Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells'. A lead...

College of Forest Resources Centennial Celebration Channel: ResearchChannel Length: 0 Date: February 12, 2009 The College of Forest Resources has been "creating futures since 1907." It has been a leader in natural resource programs for generations and throu...

Beyond the Genome: Deciphering What All the Proteins Do to Make a Living Channel: ResearchChannel Length: 3150 Date: February 12, 2009 The total sequence of DNA has now been determined for the human (in draft form), for several organisms commonly used in the laboratory, and for do...

Can ESP Affect Our Lives? (109) Channel: ResearchChannel Length: 1627 Date: February 12, 2009 Most people believe that ESP, or extrasensory perception, is real.  Most scientists assume the opposite. Is ESP wishful thinking,...

Beyond the Biography of Jane Goodall / Amazing Polymers and Plastics Channel: ResearchChannel Length: 3342 Date: February 12, 2009 Jane Goodall was once called too pretty to be a serious scientist. Despite such doubts, she revolutionized the study of primates and set new stand...

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